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“Feckless” parents should be shamed if they fail to turn up for parents’ evening, head of Ofsted says
01 July 2015
Writing for the Telegraph, Javier Espinoza reports on Sir Michael Wilshaw’s comments at the Sutton Trust and Education Endowment Foundation Summit.
“Feckless” mothers and fathers should be shamed and told they are “bad parents” if they fail to turn up for parents’ evening, the head of Ofsted has said.
Sir Michael Wilshaw also said he wished he had the abilities to fine parents if they weren’t showing signs they cared about their children’s education when he was a teacher.
His comments follow earlier remarks that white working-class children were using poverty as an excuse to perform badly at school.
Sir Michael told the Sutton Trust summit in London: ‘It’s really up to head teachers to be challenging. I used to send very nasty letters to parents who didn’t turn up to parents evening, saying ‘you’re not going to get your son or daughter’s report until you come and see me. You haven’t turned up to parents evening three times on the trot.”
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